MADRAS JOURNAL 



OF 



LITERATURE AND SCIENCE. 



No. 27— April 1840. 



I. — Catalogue of the Birds of the Peninsula of India, arranged ac- 

 cording to the modern system of Classification ; with brief Notes on 

 their Habits and Geographical Distribution, and descriptiaQjjff new, 

 doubtful and imperfectly described Species : — By T. C. Jerdon, Assis- 

 tant Surgeon, 2d Madras Light Cavalry. 



(Continued from No. 26 page^SQ.) 



Tribe SCANSORES. 



Family PSITTACIDiE.— Parrots. 



Sub Family MACRO CERCINuE.— Zo«g- tailed Parrots. 



Genus PAL^ORNIS.— Ringed Parrakvel. 



200. — P. torqualus, Vigors. — P. cubicularis, Wagler. — Ps. torquatus, 

 Gruel. — P docilis, Vieill. — Perhaps also P. bicollaris of the same — 

 Lybur Totah, or Totah, II. — Common red-ringed Parrakeet. 



This parrot is one of the most common and abundant birds in India, 

 frequenting the cultivated ground and gardens in all parts of the 

 country, even the most bare and open. It is very destructive to various 



